When we consider the second part of God's command "after our likeness " we shall see what grass, herb and tree stands for.
What is grass? It is a metaphor for transient nature glory of the world as distinct from the earth. The earth abides forever because the seen world framed by the word of God represents the Son. "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."(Is.40:8)'Forever' is a term that the Spirit uses to refer Jesus Christ. (He.13:8). The world is what sinful man has created which shall be purged by fire.
The herb is associated with healing and fortifying man by proper use. "Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour."(Ec.10:1) Man's failure to keep the word of God scrupulously, causes shame. The fruit bearig tree similarly turns out to be brambles for the same reason. "Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble."(Is.40:24)
After our likeness explains the passages of the Bible where it is to be determined by Jesus Christ as the sign. "Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant."(Ex.31:15) Jesus is the Lord of sabbath. "For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day."(Matt.12:8) It is what the day of regeneration represents. Jesus Christ has brought his holy saints to God's rest. It is the crux of the blessings enshrined in the everlasting coovenant.
When we consider the second part of God's command "after our likeness " we shall see what grass, herb and tree stands for.
What is grass? It is a metaphor for transient nature glory of the world as distinct from the earth. The earth abides forever because the seen world framed by the word of God represents the Son. "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."(Is.40:8)'Forever' is a term that the Spirit uses to refer Jesus Christ. (He.13:8). The world is what sinful man has created which shall be purged by fire.
The herb is associated with healing and fortifying man by proper use. "Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour."(Ec.10:1) Man's failure to keep the word of God scrupulously, causes shame. The fruit bearig tree similarly turns out to be brambles for the same reason. "Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble."(Is.40:24)
After our likeness explains the passages of the Bible where it is to be determined by Jesus Christ as the sign. "Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant."(Ex.31:15) Jesus is the Lord of sabbath. "For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day."(Matt.12:8) It is what the day of regeneration represents. Jesus Christ has brought his holy saints to God's rest. It is the crux of the blessings enshrined in the everlasting coovenant.
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